On Jul 6, 2015, at 6:12 PM, Marc D Ronell <mron...@alumni.upenn.edu> wrote:
> Has anyone tried running a GNU/Linux intro class for teens? Can > anyone share their experiences, thoughts or suggestions? Feedback > based on actual experience would be most helpful, I think, but I would > appreciate any insights. Have a look at a problem set from Harvard's CS50 course: https://cdn.cs50.net/2015/x/psets/0/pset0/pset0.html This is Harvard's take on an intro to CS, and much of it would be over the heads of a group of teenagers. Most of it, so far, has been fairly hard core C, but they start out using Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/ Scratch looks to be more aimed at kids, but you might be able to get some ideas from the CS50 site. I'm getting ready to set up a Raspberry Pi box for my nephew's son (a kid), and I plan to start him off with Scratch on Debian, and leave a Python IDE lying around on the machine, in case he gets adventuresome... -- Glenn English -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/d90e51f8-446c-4e3d-8ce5-a801476e3...@slsware.net
